KUALA NERANG: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will conduct an internal investigation into a boat collision that killed its sailor off Perlis on Monday night.

MMEA deputy director-general (Operations) Maritime Vice-Admiral Mohd Zawawi Abdullah said the investigation would identify shortcomings and determine whether standard operating procedures (SOPs) needed to be improved to prevent similar incidents.

He said the agency had specific SOPs for every operation and regularly reminded personnel to comply with them.

"Whenever an incident occurs, a post-mortem or internal investigation is conducted to identify shortcomings that can be addressed through improvements," he told reporters after the funeral of Senior Maritime Petty Officer (Technical) Mohd Roshaimi Mohd Ridzuan, 41, at the Muslim cemetery of Masjid Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah here last night.